Suffolk County Police Responded to the Con

[malaise]

They were pretty clear re the rules and procedures related to the treatment of prisoners.
Those of you with Twitter accounts please add the link -

[spanone]

1. 😶

[malaise]

2. Thanks bro

Excellent response

Do you realize where things are in America when a Police Department has to tell its cops to ignore the rants of this lunatic?

[spanone]

6. he is a sick human being. defective unit.....sad and frightening

Donald Trump’s speech was made more disturbing as Suffolk County cops cheered the idea of police brutality

President Donald Trump loves his crowds big and beautiful, boisterous and larger-than-usual. He likes the nice surprise they present around every corner. But it was a very specific crowd that awaited him at Suffolk County Community College on Friday: one made up almost entirely of uniformed police.

They lined the stage behind him, their white-gloved dress-uniform hands folded. They sat in the small auditorium in front of the podium. They were guests from out of state, federal officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and local cops from Suffolk County, some of them actively engaged in the fight against the violent MS-13 street gang that has killed 17 Long Islanders within a few miles of where the president was about to speak.

As expected Trump praised their work on that front, which has helped to prevent that vicious gang’s crimes and bring criminals to justice. But then he went further: encouraging officers “not to be too nice.” To be “rough” when throwing someone “into the back of a paddy wagon.” When they were pushing a suspected killer’s head into the squad car with a hand over the perp’s head, don’t worry about hitting the head. “You can take the hand away,” Trump said.

Leave aside the crude cops-and-robbers understanding of police work and the vehicles they now use that this suggests. Forget that Trump was suggesting behavior that, if caught on body-camera or bystander video, might get an officer fired. Let’s pretend that Suffolk County’s last police chief wasnt convicted in federal court for beating up a guy who took a gym bag from his car.

http://www.newsday.com/opinion/columnists/mark-chiusano/donald-trump-s-speech-was-made-more-disturbing-as-suffolk-county-cops-cheered-the-idea-of-police-brutality-1.13864824

[uponit7771]

3. unnnn, I saw most if not all of them clapping when he said the thing about roughing people up

... I'm not impressed with that kind of shit.

Where was there leadership then

[malaise]

7. Same place as the Boy Scouts leadership

A few cops were uncomfortable but the vast majority clapped away.

[uponit7771]

8. Right, looked at the video again and there were about 3 - 4 of them that stood still the rest clappe

... and somone should say something to them about that crap.

I can imagine some defense attorney is going to bookmark a youtube vid of this

[malaise]

9. Chris Hayes is discussing this now n/t

[uponit7771]

10. Yeap, I'm glad Hayes is calling it police brutality ... that's a good thing !!!

[malaise]

11. He's tearing this fool a new one

Good for him.

[uponit7771]

12. He's on it too, sticking to the point and not allowing the kkkon to weasel out with MS 13 shit

[old guy]

13. Great point about the defense attorney.

[ProudLib72]

4. I wonder about the individual cops, though

Does the president outweigh their police chief? Could still embolden them.

[malaise]

5. Yep

Everyone should wonder - there are already many bad ones (and not only in the USA).

[Danmel]

14. The Suffolk County police commissioner is a Democrat named Tim Sini

He is running for DA. He actually is a very measured and professional person.
The department has been through a very rough patch. The previous chief was convicted of assault and it has taken time to restore the department's reputation.
I'm quite sure that Commissioner Sini was appalled by what happened today.
Just more proof that nothing good can ever come from any association with Trump. He is toxic and any one who thinks they can come out of anything with him looking good is fooling themselves.

[malaise]

15. Thanks for this